Example sentences of "time [pron] [verb] had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is the first time I 've had a chance to talk to you on your own , ’ he said thoughtfully , a speculative gleam in his hazel eyes . |
| 2 | The first time I 've had a chance to have a look through this so could I erm |
| 3 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |
| 4 | Another 48 Hours was done out of fear because Harlem Nights was the first time I 'd had a movie that flopped . |
| 5 | I usually find , though , that I have done so much walking and sightseeing during the day that , by the time I have had a meal and a bath , I am quite happy to read in bed for an hour and then go to sleep . |
| 6 | For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time . |
| 7 | Turner is one of my favourite painters , but for a long time I have had a theory that he had " wide-angle eyes " that filled the camera with distorted shapes . |
| 8 | Emily felt a flash of irritation , she had insisted that the shoemaker 's daughter take the boots away to be soled and heeled and at the same time she 'd had a fitting for some new slippers . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ said Nurse Jean-Claude Auge yesterday . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ Nurse Jean-Claude Auge said yesterday . |
| 11 | This is the first time we 've had a regular monthly feature in the magazine just for Silver electronics . |
| 12 | Garage boss Trevor Cave said : ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a pilot come here to refuel . ’ |
| 13 | Paul came to came to judge erm er that 's the only time we 've had a judge . |
| 14 | under Labour waiting lists have gone up every time we 've had a Labour administration . |
| 15 | Every time we 've had a Conservative administration waiting lists have gone down . |
| 16 | oh as I think I mentioned last time we have had a marketing er survey undertaken . |
| 17 | We 've been through the records and we 're pretty sure this is the first time we have had a Prime Minister here . |
| 18 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
| 19 | Since that time it has had a somewhat chequered history , at certain times being in favour and at others being disapproved of most heartily . |
| 20 | Every time he 'd had a few drinks , they took starring roles in the fantasies that played themselves out in his head . |
| 21 | Time after time he has had a tournament in his pocket only for a miracle shot from a rival to steal it away . |